July 18, 2017

Hello there
After a conversation that started with visiting https://rtionline.gov.in, I was curious about how many gov.in domains were serving web content, and how many of those were serving web content securely?
It turns out, not very many.
Looking at all the 385 domains currently visible under gov.in, 245 respond to web(80) requests - 63% are webs.
Of those, 78 attempt to use SSL - 32% attempt using SSL.
Only 32 are available over SSL without any warnings - 41% use SSL correctly.
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July 4, 2017

In this exercise we’ll look at some questions we can ask ourselves about surveillance cameras and how, in the absence of strong data protection laws for individuals, we could think about privacy for the people.
These questions are best thought of as “How to annoy your local grocery store owner?”
Does camera X need to be here? This one is simple. Look around. If you can see 4 cameras, there should be a good reason for all 4 to be there.
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